Since the early 90’s, I have been particularly engaged in developing creative education with young children. I see a strong relationship between this work and my environmental artwork, because the design of a sympathetic educational environment is absolutely critical to the value of a child’s experience. My learning has developed through a close partnership with the organisation Sightlines Initiative, which has become a leading force in the progressive development of early years educational work in the UK.

I have been engaged on numerous projects working with young people over the years, and traveled a long road of philosophical development, and understanding of good practice. I continue to work with young people, particularly in Early Years settings.

I am now being offered the opportunity to share my experience with other educators, artists, and early years practitioners, through invitations to run training sessions, and to speak at Seminars and Symposiums.
The most recent of these have been at Bristol University as part of a programme of training ‘Creativity and Confidence in the Early Years’, and at Cambridge University on ‘Learning from Reggio Study Morning’.

If you are interested in reading more about my educational work, and the understanding that I have developed through my contact with children, and through working with some very gifted educators, I invite you to read the following article. I originally wrote and presented this as an introduction to 'In At The Deep End', an autumn 2001 residential seminar for artists, who are building their professionalism as enablers in UK early years settings. It has subsequently been used in training settings as a means of introducing progressive ideas in educational work. 		 
 
 
keith barrett environmental design and education tel: 0191 296 1894 keith@keithbarrett.co.uk
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